Alpha Index:

A fascinating introduction to Alpha Kappa Alpha’s pioneering members - women who have been active, visionary barrier breakers, seizing every opportunity to make a difference throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This exhibit ensures that their empowering stories continue to inspire and are not left out of recorded history.

Powell, Maggie Winstead

Listing Details

Region:

Great Lakes Region

Chapter:

Omega & Alpha Rho Omega Chapters

Contribution:

First African American Teacher assigned to Parkersburg High School (West Virginia),1955. First African American Teacher at St. Xavier Elementary School in Parkersburg, West Virginia. First African American female Director of Planned Parenthood of Wood County, West Virginia. First African American member of the Parkersburg, WV branches of the American Red Cross (Board Member 50+ years}, YWCA, Zonta (President), AAUW (President) & Camden-Clark Hospital Auxiliary and the Mental Health Board of Vienna, West Virginia.